Published: 03/05/2001 Updated: 10/10/2017

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 725

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Format string vulnerability in man in some Linux distributions allows local users to gain privileges via a malformed -l parameter.

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debian debian linux 2.2
suse suse linux 6.3
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Styx has reported that the program `man' mistakenly passes malicious strings (ie containing format characters) through routines that were not meant to use them as format strings Since this could cause a segmentation fault and privileges were not dropped it may lead to an exploit for the 'man' user We recommend you upgrade your man-db package im ...

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/2327/info man is the manual page viewing program, available with the Linux Operating System in this implementation It is freely distributed and openly maintained A problem with the man command may allow for the elevation of privileges Due to the handling of format strings by the -l argument of the man c ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2327 http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-028 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98096782126481&w=2 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6059 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.debian.org/security/./dsa-028 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20604/

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